Top 40—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 7/26

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	ALL SHALL PERISH	This Is Where It Ends	Nuclear Blast
#2	TOMBS	Path Of Totality	Relapse
#3	ENDSTILLE	Infektion 1813	Season Of Mist
#4	SUICIDE SILENCE	The Black Crown	Century Media
#5	EXHUMED	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#6	A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH	And Hell Will Follow Me	SPV
#7	BOOK OF BLACK EARTH	The Cold Testament	Prosthetic
#8	DRACONIAN	A Rose For The Apocalypse	Napalm
#9	PESTILENCE	Doctrine	Mascot
#10	STREAM OF PASSION	Darker Days	Napalm

CMJ RPM from WKNC’s Afterhours

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	SBTRKT	SBTRKT	Young Turks-XL
#2	FRIENDLY FIRES	Pala	XL
#3	WASHED OUT	Within And Without	Sub Pop
#4	ZOMBY	Dedication	4AD
#5	MAGNETIC MAN	Magnetic Man	Star Time
#6	YACHT	Shangri-La	DFA
#7	FM BELFAST	Don't Want To Sleep	Morr
#8	BORGORE	Delicious [EP]
#9	FIORA	Blue Muse
#10	THIEVERY CORPORATION	Culture Of Fear	ESL

CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	AMAD JAMAL	Hood Tales
#2	SHANE ELI	I Can Do Better
#3	EL DA SENSEI & THE RETURNERS	GTO 2: Nu World	Asfalt
#4	JAYLIB	Champion Sound: Deluxe	Stones Throw
#5	SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND	Napoleon
#6	KING MEZ	King's Khrysis
#7	CITIZEN AIM	As Just Cause Cries	Humble Beast
#8	SHABAZZ PALACES	Swerve... The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile
#9	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"No Me Importa" [Single]
#10	SHAD	"Telephone" [Single]

CMJ Radio 200 from WKNC’s Daytime Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Gardens & Villa	Gardens & Villa	Secretly Canadian
#2	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Fat Possum
#3	Motopony	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#4	Seapony	Go With Me	Hardly Art
#5	Balkans	Balkans	Double Phantom
#6	Sbtrkt	Sbtrkt	XL-Young Turks
#7	1, 2, 3	New Heaven	Frenchkiss
#8	Bella Ruse	Kuhzoo	Self-Released
#9	Memory Tapes	Player Piano	Carpark
#10	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?	Columbia

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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/26

Motopony returns to the top three this week, with Unknown Mortal Orchestra holding on to the number two slot for the second week and Gardens & Villa nudging up from number three to number one.

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Gardens & Villa	Gardens & Villa	Secretly Canadian
#2	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Fat Possum
#3	Motopony	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#4	Seapony	Go With Me	Hardly Art
#5	Balkans	Balkans	Double Phantom
#6	Sbtrkt	Sbtrkt	XL-Young Turks
#7	1, 2, 3	New Heaven	Frenchkiss
#8	Bella Ruse	Kuhzoo	Self-Released
#9	Memory Tapes	Player Piano	Carpark
#10	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?	Columbia
#11	Cults	In The Name Of	Columbia
#12	Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside	Dirty Radio	Partisan
#13	Brilliant Colors	Again And Again	Slumberland
#14	Tiger Darrow	Tiger Darrow	You Know Who You Are
#15	Little Dragon	Ritual Union	Peacefrog
#16	Bodies of Water	Twist Again	Thousand Tongues
#17	Vetiver	The Errant Charm	SubPop
#18	Arctic Monkeys	Suck It And See	Domino
#19	Washed Out	Within and Without	Sub Pop
#20	When Saints Go Machine	Konkylie	!K7
#21	Fruit Bats	Tripper	Sub Pop
#22	Foster the People	Torches	Columbia
#23	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	Jagjaguwar
#24	Thee Oh Sees	Castlemania	In The Red
#25	Friendly Fires	Pala	XL
#26	San Cisco	Golden Revolver	Self-Released
#27	FM Belfast	Don't Want To Sleep	Moor
#28	Middle East	I Want That You Are Always Happy	Missing Piece
#29	Black Lips	Arabia Mountain	Vice
#30	Gruff Rhys	Hotel Shampoo	Wichita

WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/19

This week back in 2004, the CMJ New Music Report listed Wilco's A Ghost is Born as the number one album. This week at WKNC, the top slot belongs to Cults.

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Cults	In The Name Of	Columbia
#2	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Fat Possum
#3	Gardens & Villa	Gardens &  Villa	Secretly Canadian
#4	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?	Columbia
#5	Seapony	Go With Me	Hardly Art
#6	Amor De Dias	Street Of The Love Of Days	Merge
#7	Memory Tapes	Player Piano	Carpark
#8	Bodies of Water	Twist Again	Thousand Tongues
#9	Motopony	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#10	Balkans	Balkans	Double Phantom
#11	Elected	Bury Me In My Rings	Vagrant
#12	1, 2, 3	New Heaven	Frenchkiss
#13	Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside	Dirty Radio	Partisan
#14	Bella Ruse	Kuhzoo	Self-Released
#15	Sbtrkt	Sbtrkt	XL-Young Turks
#16	The Donkeys	Born With Stripes	Dead Oceans
#17	Tiger Darrow	Tiger Darrow	You Know Who You Are
#18	Little Dragon	Ritual Union	Peacefrog
#19	Friendly Fires	Pala	XL
#20	Rosebuds	Loud Planes Fly Low	Merge
#21	Yacht	Shangri-La	DFA
#22	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	Jagjaguwar
#23	Handsome Furs	Sound Kapital	Sub Pop
#24	Foster the People	Torches	Columbia
#25	FM Belfast	Don't Want To Sleep	Moor
#26	Washed Out	Within and Without	Sub Pop
#27	Arctic Monkeys	Suck It And See	Domino
#28	Vetiver	The Errant Charm	SubPop
#29	Liam Finn	FOMO	Yep Roc
#30	Nodzzz	Innings	Woodsist